Peter Ebere Okpaleke, Date of Birth

    

Peter Ebere Okpaleke

Nigerian catholic priest

Date of Birth: 01-Mar-1963

Profession: Catholic priest

Nationality: Nigeria

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Peter Ebere Okpaleke

  • Peter Ebere Okpaleke (born 1 March 1963) is a Roman Catholic bishop. Okpalaeke was ordained to the priesthood on 22 August 1990.
  • On 7 December 2012, Okpalaeke was appointed bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ahiara, Nigeria and was ordained bishop on 21 May 2013.
  • Unfortunately, local clergy and faithful objected to his appointment and prevented him from entering the cathedral in order to take possession of the diocese.
  • A petition object to the fact that Okpalaeke was not of the area's Mbaise origin was previously sent to Pope Benedict XVI after the former Pope appointed Okpalaeke Bishop On 9 June 2019, Pope Francis gave clergy in the Diocese 30 days to either write a letter promising obedience and accepting Okpalaeke as the Bishop of the Diocese or be suspended.
  • On 8 July 2019, it was reported that while the letter apologizing was sent, the appointment of Bishop Okpalaeke was still rejected by the local priests who insisted that the Vatican was enforcing racial discrimination in the country by appointing outsider priests as Bishops.
  • On 19 February 2018, Pope Francis accepted Okpaleke's resignation.

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